Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura referred to the successful tourism policy and the target for tourism 365 days a year as well as to the strategic choice to develop the thematic tourism at the inauguration of the 1st exhibition Greek Travel Show that opened on Saturday at the Congress Center of Athens Helexpo Maroussi.
“Our aim is to motivate a new tourist activity, additional revenues and employment as well as new works and investments to popular and new Greek destinations that we are promoting in order the profit to be allocated to the local economies throughout Greece all over the year” she said. She also referred to the excellent course of Greek tourism in 2017 with spectacular increase in all tourist figures and after two record years.
On the domestic tourism which has recovered she noted “We seek all Greeks to travel in their country, to get acquainted with every part of the country, with its history, the people and the local products and of course to enjoy the incomparable beauty and the hospitality of people”. She also praised the contribution of the tourism and travel exhibitions adding that the Ministry and the Greek National Tourism Organisation will support any initiative that promotes the tourist product.
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